The 2022 Isle of Man Poetry Trail was launched with an evening celebrating the 20 winning poems.

Each of the poems - by 20 different poets - was read out at the Isle of Man Poetry Society event held at St George’s Church, in Douglas.

The poems have been printed on yellow A4 posters and displayed in the windows of shops, cafes and libraries in Douglas, Ramsey and Peel.

Trail guides can be picked up free of charge the Henry Bloom Noble Library in Douglas, Ramsey Library, George Herdman Library in Port Erin and the Manx Museum Library. The poems are available to view until October 28.

Poem locations:

Ramsey: Peel Harbour by Michael Gooderham at Ramsey Town Commissioners’ Library; Is time a healer? by Jane Rogers at Barista Coffee Shop, in Parliament Street; Peel Cathedral: night-time by Ros Alcock at Bridge Bookshop, Parliament Street; Just Be by Carrie Pedley at Copycat, Parliament Street; The Cushag Flower by Sue Caley at Ramsey Garden Centre, Albert Road.

Port Erin: Pooil Vaaish by Simon Maddrell at the George Herdman Library; Green Dream by Jack Verity at Artea, in Bridson Street; Plan A or B by Mary Moffatt at Mal’s Butchers, Station Road; Break in the Weather by Annie Kissack at Bridge Bookshop, Shore Road; The Robin and the Worm by John O’Rourke at the Bay Hotel, Shore Road.

Douglas: What’s the Point? by David Garrett at Noa Bakehouse, Market Hall, North Quay; Too much choice by Howard Caine at Spill the Beans, Market Hill; Apple’s Corpse by John Paul Butler and Shelf-life Limited by Lorraine Savage both at Henry Bloom Noble Library, in Duke Street; Waterfall Reverie by Lisa Davis at WH Smith at the Sea Terminal; Manx Spirit by Joanne Rimmer Weeks at Waterstones; Cloudburst by Rebecca Kelly at WH Smith in Strand Street; Weeds by Viv Ward at Studio 1, in Granville Street; Friends Forever by Jean Faragher at the Manx Museum Library; I am the wind by Peter Kelly at Eurocycles, in Victoria Road.